• CME heights (with respect to the disk center) are measured at the fastest segment of the leading edge.
  • PA= Position Angle measured from Solar North in degrees (counter-clockwise)
  • Halo CMEs are indicated in the "Central PA" column. The letters ("S", "BA", "OA") in the brackets show type of halo CMEs. See examples.
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    First C2 Appearance
    Date Time [UT]
    Central
    PA
    [deg]
    Angular
    Width [deg]
    Linear
    Speed [km/s]
    2nd-order Speed at final height [km/s] 2nd-order Speed at 20 Rs [km/s] Accel
    [m/s2]
    Mass
    [gram]
    Kinetic
    Energy
    [erg]
    MPA [deg] Movies, plots, & links Remarks
    2006/09/01 00:12:05 239 22 375 385 550 7.2*1 4.3e+11 3.0e+26 241 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/01 02:48:04 238 14 251 308 544 10.9*1 ---- ---- 239 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/01 22:36:04 240 14 466 640 682 18.9*1 ---- ---- 241 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/02 20:57:08 179 6 928 1500 4057 694.4*1 ---- ---- 179 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    2006/09/03 00:12:04 95 72 362 354 333 -1.1*1 2.0e+14 1.3e+29 100 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/03 03:36:04 291 25 228 220 0 -4.8*1 5.7e+13 1.5e+28 289 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/03 15:48:04 285 23 229 277 600 14.3*1 2.1e+13 5.5e+27 287 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/04 00:12:04 281 17 277 386 1177 60.2*1 ---- ---- 278 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/04 03:48:06 59 9 349 296 0 -48.0*1 ---- ---- 62 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/04 05:00:04 279 12 327 288 0 -26.9*1 ---- ---- 278 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/04 15:00:04 287 10 290 351 813 27.2*1 ---- ---- 288 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/04 16:36:04 257 59 411 404 398 -0.6 1.7e+15 1.4e+30 251 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie
    2006/09/05 03:36:04 245 19 419 310 0 -100.7*1 ---- ---- 244 C2 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/08 04:18:05 256 189 306 184 280 -7.0*1 1.5e+15*2 7.2e+29*2 298 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event; Only C3; Partial Halo
    2006/09/08 14:42:05 242 57 456 484 572 7.8*1 5.9e+14 6.2e+29 246 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event; Only C3
    2006/09/08 23:36:05 138 44 90 0 0 -74.0*1 4.2e+13*2 1.7e+27*2 139 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/09 07:24:04 138 49 89 122 260 3.0*1 3.3e+14 1.3e+28 138 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/10 00:12:04 244 10 377 --- --- --- ---- ---- 248 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    2006/09/10 07:18:05 241 19 247 240 215 -1.2*1 ---- ---- 246 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C3
    2006/09/10 07:24:04 69 23 74 71 0 -0.5*1 1.7e+14 4.5e+27 74 C2 C3 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/11 23:48:04 335 5 ---- --- --- --- ---- ---- 330 C2 PHTX DST Java Movie only one point; Very Poor Event; Only 1 point; Only C2
    2006/09/11 23:48:04 111 29 ---- --- --- --- 8.6e+10*2 4.3e+20*2 106 C2 PHTX DST Java Movie only one point; Very Poor Event; Only 1 point; Only C2
    2006/09/13 20:36:04 82 95 ---- --- --- --- ---- ---- 90 C2 PHTX DST Java Movie bright event, due to data gap only one point; Poor Event; Only 1 point; Only C2
    2006/09/13 20:48:04 224 12 230 123 0 -45.2*1 ---- ---- 235 C2 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/13 22:12:04 116 20 205 158 0 -9.9*1 1.5e+12 3.1e+26 118 C2 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/14 21:12:08 101 21 218 192 0 -7.4*1 6.8e+12 1.6e+27 102 C2 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/14 21:12:08 259 31 125 169 519 11.5*1 5.4e+12 4.3e+26 261 C2 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/16 01:36:04 274 6 594 623 1120 40.3*1 ---- ---- 276 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    2006/09/16 06:00:05 275 9 357 324 0 -7.8*1 ---- ---- 275 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/16 17:00:04 267 51 210 114 0 -20.5*1 1.1e+14 2.3e+28 260 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/16 22:30:41 233 10 278 338 351 3.6*1 ---- ---- 249 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/17 01:26:04 293 13 257 310 687 18.3*1 ---- ---- 288 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/17 01:50:04 81 8 316 161 0 -92.0*1 ---- ---- 82 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/17 13:27:17 234 11 276 191 0 -15.9*1 ---- ---- 245 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/18 06:26:05 289 21 281 316 587 11.9*1 1.7e+13 6.7e+27 284 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/18 06:50:04 100 30 194 219 456 7.5*1 2.2e+13 4.1e+27 107 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/18 09:26:04 291 9 234 373 389 6.5*1 ---- ---- 287 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/18 20:26:04 73 32 407 466 563 8.3*1 1.4e+14 1.1e+29 76 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/19 00:54:04 116 50 88 34 0 -25.9*1 8.7e+12 3.4e+26 121 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/19 02:30:05 199 8 517 345 0 -96.4*1 ---- ---- 201 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/19 15:30:05 293 20 75 36 0 -11.6*1 3.8e+13 1.1e+27 291 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/19 18:54:04 121 13 233 228 175 -1.1*1 ---- ---- 115 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/20 03:30:04 120 16 210 208 196 -0.3*1 ---- ---- 115 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/20 08:06:04 122 19 457 451 409 -1.9*1 ---- ---- 111 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/20 14:24:04 211 29 141 238 766 24.2*1 4.9e+13*2 4.9e+27*2 220 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/20 18:30:04 181 127 82 94 145 0.7*1 4.4e+14*2 1.5e+28*2 200 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Partial Halo
    2006/09/21 09:30:04 231 11 87 69 0 -4.8*1 ---- ---- 233 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/21 12:54:04 232 33 250 445 633 16.4*1 1.5e+14 4.8e+28 236 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/21 23:30:05 161 97 190 189 180 -0.2*1 1.0e+14 1.8e+28 155 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/22 11:06:04 138 18 304 301 265 -1.0*1 ---- ---- 136 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/22 12:22:21 138 33 355 346 269 -2.5*1 1.1e+14 6.9e+28 134 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/22 13:31:43 243 19 568 755 792 19.8*1 ---- ---- 249 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie
    2006/09/22 21:30:05 252 12 377 506 779 22.3*1 ---- ---- 255 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/22 23:06:05 189 67 166 163 150 -0.3*1 9.0e+12 1.2e+27 196 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/23 06:06:04 84 56 286 220 0 -18.8*1 1.2e+14 4.8e+28 100 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/23 11:06:18 91 62 458 546 578 8.1 8.6e+14 9.0e+29 91 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie
    2006/09/23 15:30:04 89 57 271 241 0 -10.3*1 6.1e+12 2.2e+27 89 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/23 18:30:04 259 17 326 351 444 4.5*1 ---- ---- 261 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/23 20:58:40 83 36 416 427 549 5.9*1 2.9e+12*2 2.5e+27*2 91 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/23 21:54:04 254 28 253 341 735 21.5*1 2.0e+14 6.5e+28 259 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/24 04:30:04 131 22 292 371 700 18.3*1 8.2e+13 3.5e+28 129 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/24 04:30:04 224 32 269 340 435 6.3*1 9.3e+13 3.4e+28 229 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/24 09:30:04 225 19 245 298 526 10.5*1 ---- ---- 226 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/24 09:54:04 65 27 153 154 162 0.1*1 2.0e+12 2.4e+26 72 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/24 13:31:43 251 54 345 341 342 -0.2*1 5.7e+14 3.4e+29 242 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie
    2006/09/25 00:30:04 208 45 142 168 243 1.9*1 2.5e+14 2.5e+28 210 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/25 01:54:04 92 15 370 328 0 -23.0*1 ---- ---- 90 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/25 05:06:04 217 41 133 162 207 1.4*1 3.6e+14 3.2e+28 208 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/25 11:06:04 307 9 311 458 1031 43.6*1 ---- ---- 302 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/25 12:30:04 129 15 269 341 723 20.6*1 ---- ---- 122 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/25 13:31:41 116 9 458 664 707 18.3*1 ---- ---- 112 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/25 16:30:04 277 8 200 286 324 3.8*1 ---- ---- 273 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/26 01:31:43 91 161 397 421 418 1.4 4.6e+15*2 3.6e+30*2 97 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Partial Halo
    2006/09/26 07:31:43 137 27 279 306 318 1.5*1 1.2e+14 4.6e+28 129 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/26 10:30:16 82 24 278 309 324 1.8*1 8.4e+13 3.3e+28 84 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/26 12:30:04 123 19 201 190 35 -1.9*1 ---- ---- 120 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/26 16:30:04 79 14 96 69 0 -4.6*1 ---- ---- 79 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/27 02:06:05 82 21 182 230 344 4.2*1 8.2e+12 1.4e+27 84 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/27 02:54:29 120 9 266 266 265 -0.0*1 ---- ---- 113 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/27 08:30:04 101 11 319 387 581 11.8*1 ---- ---- 98 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/28 07:54:04 84 9 129 146 284 2.9*1 ---- ---- 84 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/28 07:54:04 240 29 43 48 90 0.3*1 1.7e+14 1.5e+27 245 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/28 09:30:05 301 5 409 570 1117 49.7*1 ---- ---- 302 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/28 11:54:05 305 6 471 530 593 7.4*1 ---- ---- 302 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/28 17:06:04 306 12 384 328 267 -4.9*1 ---- ---- 303 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/28 18:54:04 247 46 158 203 443 7.6*1 2.7e+14 3.4e+28 251 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/28 21:30:07 248 52 350 402 444 4.6*1 9.4e+14 5.8e+29 249 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie
    2006/09/28 21:30:07 92 91 495 442 461 -3.5 2.5e+15 3.0e+30 97 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie
    2006/09/29 00:30:04 275 13 426 275 0 -46.9*1 ---- ---- 275 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/29 01:31:44 97 24 431 387 208 -7.6 3.5e+12 3.2e+27 99 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie
    2006/09/29 01:54:04 244 34 186 305 396 6.8*1 8.7e+11 1.5e+26 248 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/29 06:30:04 83 13 245 198 0 -8.6*1 ---- ---- 85 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/29 06:54:04 307 8 179 236 525 10.9*1 ---- ---- 306 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/29 09:30:04 306 13 205 282 400 6.2*1 ---- ---- 306 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/29 10:06:04 85 14 154 171 232 1.5*1 ---- ---- 84 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/29 15:30:04 101 25 343 393 481 6.2*1 1.3e+14 7.7e+28 97 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/29 17:30:05 250 17 177 219 392 6.1*1 ---- ---- 250 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/29 17:30:05 303 19 288 265 264 -1.0*1 ---- ---- 303 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/29 20:54:28 270 17 374 209 0 -89.7*1 ---- ---- 273 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/29 22:06:04 87 18 251 155 0 -12.0*1 ---- ---- 89 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/29 23:06:04 249 27 230 249 292 1.8*1 5.5e+12 1.4e+27 250 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/30 05:54:04 93 6 280 318 393 4.2*1 ---- ---- 96 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/30 09:06:16 246 32 380 494 524 8.9*1 9.5e+12 6.9e+27 248 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/30 10:34:29 85 11 221 220 215 -0.1*1 ---- ---- 91 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event
    2006/09/30 13:31:43 85 45 140 115 0 -4.7*1 6.6e+13 6.4e+27 80 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/30 16:30:04 96 15 209 332 460 8.4*1 ---- ---- 99 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    2006/09/30 16:30:04 278 69 845 698 727 -18.9*1 1.4e+15 5.1e+30 265 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie
    2006/09/30 17:54:04 67 11 474 309 0 -93.6*1 ---- ---- 69 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2
    2006/09/30 19:31:44 88 22 233 282 520 9.9*1 4.6e+12 1.3e+27 94 C2 C3 195 PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event

    *1 Acceleration is uncertain due to either poor height measurement or a small number of height-time measurements (See Section 3.4 of Yashiro et al. 2004 for details).
    *2 Mass and Kinetic Energy are uncertain due to poor mass estimate. Mass measurement assumes that the CME material is in the sky-plane. Kinetic Energy is obtained from the mass and linear speed (see Vourlidas et al. 2000 for details).